Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• nhăm (northern Vietnam)

Numeral

lăm (𠄻)

1. (cardinal, only in compounds) five

   mười lăm

   fifteen

   hai (mươi) lăm

   twenty-five

Usage notes

• This form is only used in compounds to indicate numbers over ten that end with five, except for 05-ending numbers (such as 105, 2005). This is probably to avoid confusion with năm with the sense "year".